Ben Farthing Farm
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Location | NC 1121 (Rominger Rd.) W side, just N of Watauga R., near Sugar Grove, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°14′21″N 81°49′26″W / 36.23917°N 81.82389°WCoordinates: 36°14′21″N 81°49′26″W / 36.23917°N 81.82389°W |
Area | 16 acres (6.5 ha) |
Built | 1935 |
Built by | Farthing,Ben; Hartley,Charles |
Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman, Frame gambrel banked barn |
NRHP reference # | 92001736 |
Added to NRHP | January 4, 1993 |
Ben Farthing Farm is a historic farm and national historic district located near Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina. The complex includes a modest 1 1/2-story frame bungalow (1923), a large frame bank barn of traditional gambrel-roof form (1935), a root cellar built into a mountainside (1938), a frame outhouse (1938), and a frame scale house (1941). The buildings are set in a vernacular landscaping of native rock (1939).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.